Match book



May 4,1943. w. w. CARTER MATCH BOOK Filed Sept. 8, 1941 INVENTOR.W/V/fd/W W Camer arrae/vEx Patented May 4, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE MATCH BOOK William W. Carter, Kansas City, Mo. ApplicationSeptember s, 1941, s r al No, 409,95 7 Claims. (01-. 2 o c 2 9 Thisinvention relates to an article .of manufacture in the nature of socalled match books and has for its primary object to provide a safe,convenient, inexpensive and serviceable match book capable of beingcarried in the pocket or purse and of successively having withdrawntherefrom the individual matches without exposing the striking heads ofthe series of matches confined within a specially designed body.

One of the important objects of this invention is the provision of asafety match book, the matches whereof are specially designed to engagea portion of the hollow holder to the .end that the individual matchesmay be Withdrawn from one of the open ends of the folder withoutexposing any of the heads of the matches as is now conventionally thecase.

This invention has for a yet further aim 1the provision of a match bookhaving as a part thereof an open end tubular body provided with a trackwherealong a series of specially formed matches may travel to bewithdrawn one at a time at the end of the book.

Other objects of the invention will appear during the course of thefollowing specification, referring to the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a match book made in accordance with thepresent invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the match book, parts being brokenaway, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross sectional View taken on line III-III of Fig.2.

The body of the match book broadly designated by the numeral 6 is astrip of flexible material rebent upon itself to form a substantiallyfiat tubular body open at both ends and including a wall 8 and anopposing wall In. Wall I8 is provided with notches l2 extending inwardlyfrom each end thereof intermediate the sides of book 6. These notchesare so disposed and formed as to expose a portion of the hereinafterdescribed specially formed matches intermediate the end thereof.

A track [4, extending longitudinally along body 6 therein, is preferablycreated by rebending a marginal portion of wall 8 back upon itself andthereafter lapping the marginal edge of wall In thereover as illustratedin the drawing. After the single strip of material is rebent twice uponitself as just set down, the same is stitched together as at 16 toprevent accidental opening of body 6 and to secure all of the parts ofsaid body together. A striking surface I8 of conven-- tional characteris provided upon the outer sur- :face of wall [0 or along any otherouter surface of the body 6 that may be desired.

Flange I4 has a slot 5H extending longitudinally therealong and in themanufacture .of the book specially formed U-shaped matches 20 arethreaded through slot I 7 so that their vbights are within slot H andtheir striking heads :22 are body 6 near the .bight 24 thereof.

Matches 28 are -,U-shaped and several of said matches constitute a:filler for the book. This series of matches, when threaded through slot.ll, have the individual units thereof interconnected at a point atbight 526.. The series .pf matches 28 is scored along the bight .216 andas the matche are swung outwardly throu h .Qne o en e d o body :6 aindicat d in dotted lines o :E e- 2 the a e as y tom f om t e remaininmatches of the fil fi @1 9 ,lilfii fl'yflilfi blfi Notches I2 permit theoperator to grasp the matches as they approach the open end of body 6and as they are drawn along track or flange M. The heads 22 of allmatches 28 remain between walls 8 and I0 until the individual matchesare successively withdrawn from body 6 and torn from any matches thatmay remain in the series thereof. The use of notches l2 insures that theseries of matches 20 may be either'pushed or pulled toward a position atone open end of body 6 where an individual match may be withdrawn. Whenone match of each U-shaped unit of the series is torn away, theremaining match of that U-shaped unit is held in position by frictionalengagement with one side of flange I4 and the inner'face of wall 8 orIt] as the case may be. The thickness of flange I4 is appreciably lessthan the thickness of the-unit comprising the series of matches andtherefore, a flattening tendency on the part of the body 6 when the sameis in use will constantly maintain a frictional grip upon all thematches until they are intentionally moved to a point where the same maybe withdrawn one at a time.

It is obvious from the foregoing that a match book made in accordancewith the broad concepts of this invention will produce a safe,economical and convenient article. It has been found in actual practicethat the amount of material needed to construct body 6 is appreciablyless than is now used in manufacturing match books of known andconventional character and therefore, not only are the advantages ofsafety, convenience and ease of operation made available, but economiesare experienced that are highly desirable, especially where match booksare manufacturcd and sold to the trade to be donated with packages ofcigarettes or the like. Match books having physical characteristicsdifferent from those illustrated and described might be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A match book of the character described comprising an open endtubular body; a slotted flange Within the body extending from end to endthereof; and a series of U-shaped matches, having heads on the endsthereof said matches being threaded through said slotted flange.

2. A match book of the character described comprising an open endtubular body; a slotted flange within the body extending from end to endthereof; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot ofthe flange, said matches having heads on the ends thereof, said U-shapedmatches having the bights thereof within the slot of the flange.

3. A match book of the character described comprising an open endtubular body; a slotted flange within the body extending from end to endthereof; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot ofthe flange, said matches having heads on the ends thereof, said matchesbeing cored at the bights thereof.

4. A match book of the character described comprising a strip offlexible material rebent upon itself to form a relatively flat, open endbody including substantially parallel opposed walls; an inturned flange,having a longitudinal slot therein, between the walls at one side of thebody; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot.

5. A match book of the character described comprising a strip offlexible material rebent upon itself to form a relatively flat, open endbody including substantially parallel opposed walls; an inturned flange,having a longitudinal slot therein, between the walls at one side of thebody; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot, saidmatches having striking heads on the free ends thereof and provided witha scoring across theri bights.

6. A match book of the character described comprising a strip offlexible material rebent upon itself to form a relatively flat, open endbody including substantially parallel opposed walls; an inturned flange,having a longitudinal slot therein, between the walls at one side of thebody; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot, saidmatches having striking heads on the free ends thereof and provided witha scoring across their bights, said U-shaped matches being arranged inside-by-side relation and interconnected at the bights thereof adjacentto the scoring.

7. A match book of the character described comprising a strip offlexible material rebent upon itself to form a relatively flat, open endbody including substantially parallel opposed walls; an inturned flange,having a longitudinal slot therein, between the walls at one side of thebody; and a series of U-shaped matches threaded through the slot, saidmatches having striking heads on the free ends thereof and provided witha scoring across their bights, said U-shaped matches being arranged inside-by-side relation and interconnected at the bights thereof adjacentto the scoring, one of said walls having notches extending inwardly fromthe ends thereof to expose a central portion of the matches as theyapproach the open ends of the body.

WILLIAM W. CARTER;

